Friday, September 09, 2011

Some News for Fri Sep 9, 2011

The NSC Minnesota Stars, Minnesota Youth Soccer Association and Bricks Pub are pleased to present Minnesota Soccer History Night this Saturday, September 10, at NSC Stadium.

This free event will take place before the Stars' final home game against the Atlanta Silverbacks.

Former members of the Minnesota Kicks, Strikers and Thunder will take the stadium field for an exhibition game. Come watch Minnesota soccer legends like Alan Willey and Alan Merrick in action as the Stars, MYSA and Bricks commemorate more than 35 years of professional soccer history in Minnesota. The stadium gates open at 5:30 for the 5:45 p.m. event. A ticket to the Stars' game at 7:30 is not required for admission to the event as all patrons will need to leave the stadium following the event.

The first 1,000 fans through the gates to the Stars game (gates open at 7) will receive a free Minnesota Soccer History Night autograph poster courtesy of MYSA.

As recently as two seasons ago the 3 daily newspapers in Toronto could not get enough of writing about Toronto FC, but with their complete lack of improvement through 5 long seasons the editors of those papers have sent their writers elsewhere to find stories. The team has not played a game since Aug 27, and there has barely been a whisper in print since the post game writeups. The Sun's top soccer headline today read "Beckham cuts his own hair." And thats about as close to TFC as they got all week long.

None of them mentioned Saturday's rivalry game in Columbus in today's editions. Hopefully tomorrow will at least have cursory previews.

The Daily Record of Glasgow Scotland with an article on their local son Adam Moffat.-The article calls him a rising star, and while he has had a good run with Houston so far, how many rising stars are on their third team in less than a year?

"Our young players do not watch soccer. Our players do not immerse themselves in the game. They do not watch live games; they do not read about the game in newspapers or online; they are not inundated with news of transfer speculation and match reports summarizing the latest victory or defeat. The only time they think about the game is when they go to one of their own practices or games."

Leonel Alvarez has been hired as the new head coach of the Colombian national team.

BRAZIL

Recap du Nord: After a 1 day absence Corinthians are back on top with a win. A win moves Vasco da Gamo up to 3rd, behind Sao Paolo on goal differential. #5 Flamengo lost, but did not drop in the standings.